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Gappah's properties worth $18k attached over Mahere defamation
Renowned author Petina Gappah has had her property seized by bailiffs after losing a defamation lawsuit filed by lawyer Fadzayi Mahere. Gappah was ordered to pay US$18,000 in damages after a series of...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:18hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Clara Makhalisa Nkala Trust awards indigenous language authors
LITERARY polymath Barbara Clara Makhalisa-Nkala has honoured a quartet of IsiNdebele authors through her Barbara Clara Makhalisa Nkala Literary Trust (BCMNLT) in order to preserve indigenous language ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
British Council funds African artists with £700 000
The British Council's Sub-Saharan Arts programme has announced the success of its Culture Exchange open call for grants, an initiative that connects and promotes cultural exchanges through art. ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 15:31hrs | 40 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Writing a healthcare brand review: How to get an informative and catchy content
Dealing with healthcare issues and specializing in the medical area means always being involved in numerous theoretical and practical assignments, assisting senior doctors or midwives, etc. This area ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:34hrs | 206 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean writer wins 2021 Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Short Story Prize
A Zimbabwean writer Gift Nyoni has won the 2021 Guardian and 4th Estate 4thWrite Short Story Prize with a thrilling story, The Ritual Seat of the King.4thWrite Prize judge Aimée Felone said: ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 20:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi, the forgetful man who reminds us about our heritage
"HELLO. I will be with you in a moment. I just want to finish this sentence," Pathisa Nyathi told a news crew that visited him at his home in Gwabalanda last week.Nyathi, who was seated in the...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Unmasking the myths of decolonization in Zimbabwe through the lens of Cain Mathema
Cain Mathema's 2018 publication, "I Join The ZAPU Armed Struggle" captures stories of experiences and reflections of the young Thula at Cyrene Mission, an Anglican Church boarding school for boys. ZAP...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4 | by Brian Maregedze
Mutambara pays tribute to 'literary giant' Mungoshi
Former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has been paying tribute to "literary giant" Charles Mungoshi who died aged 71 on Saturday....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'In politics, treachery is inevitable'
The book 'Junctions' in one way is a celebration of the coup that toppled long-ruling Robert Mugabe, ushering in President Emmerson Mnangagwa - for a long time the former president's right hand man. ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Falling In Love – part 2
Late at night, Patie and I would call each other and talk for hours, until we fell asleep or our phone batteries mutinied. Once a month, I would book a room at a hidden-away bed and breakfast in Famon...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:53hrs | 17 | by Jera
Falling In Love - Part 1
Her desire is deepest in the morning. She is too much woman for me, at sunrise. But I sip eagerly from her cup and inhale her essence. She is my thick cup of creamy coffee.We both wake up earl...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:40hrs | 14 | by Jerà
Custom Essays: What Do Prices Depend on at ThePensters.com?
Each type of custom essay service has their own way of charging their customers. Often times, customers don't really get a say in how much they end up paying for their assignment. At ThePensters.com, ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 16:22hrs | 14 | by Agencies
Advocate Thabani Mpofu the Zimbabwe Clarence Seward Darrow
It was Friday on the 9th November 2018 as I was walking nearer to the statue of Father Zimbabwe the late vice president Cde Joshua Nkomo in Bulawayo CBD. A friend of mine an ex detective from police f...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:09hrs | 12 | by Enos Denhere
English made easy by the Language Coach
NOVEMBER ENGLISH EXAMS STUDY CORNERHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2018.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels. This week...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Kwinji the Language Coach
Mlalazi novel shows illegal immigrants' struggles
Zimbabwean writer and playwright Christopher Mlalazi has to date given us a taste of his imaginative writings in various forms but if one is to get a deep feel of an illegal immigrant's hope and disil...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:28hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Petina Gappah engaged to help Mnangagwa
Petina Gappah, the Zimbabwean international law expert who has courted controversy after being hired to organise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's participation at the on-going World Economic Forum (WEF)...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Of names and texts: The lighter side of Zimbabwean Literature
Having grown up in that part of Zimbabwe where goats do not need names, my encounter with Memory Chirere's "Tadamuhwa" in the short story anthology, "No More Plastic Balls and other Stories", (2000) e...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 22:49hrs | | by Tanaka Chidora
English made easy by the Language Coach - November English exams study corner
Hello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2017. I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels. This week we shall look at how to write a speech. F...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 20:15hrs | 5 | by Language Coach
Ndaba Sibanda's Friendly Wars nominated for Best of the Net Prose
Ndaba Sibanda's short story Friendly Wars which is featured in the upcoming book Outrun has been nominated in The Best of the Net Prose 2016/2017 category run by a journal, The Song IsSibanda ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 15:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
English made easy by the Language Coach
JUNE ENGLISH EXAMS STUDY CORNERHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2016.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels.This week we s...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Theodora Chirapa
Mtshabezi High Quiz triumphs in Kenya
Mtshabezi High School from Matabeleland South recently went on a regional academic conquering spree, scooping gold in Kenya.The Mtshabezi Quiz star shone amid an array of brainstorming academi...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students shine in Kenya
A 16 member delegation comprising students and teachers who left the country a week ago for the Orate Africa competitions held in Karibu, Kenya are back in the country with 16 medals and two t...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 20:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nominees for NOMMO Awards on Speculative Fiction by Africans
The Nommo Awards are given by the African Speculative Fiction Society, a body of African writers, editors, publishers and graphic artists who both nominate works and vote for the final winners....Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 17:52hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Short story - The Money
What money? That was my reaction after receiving a message telling me to go and collect my money. During those days for cheap and fast communication people used ———- , what did they call it then...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Nyasha Reward Mapuvire
English made easy by the language coach
ZIMSEC ENGLISH ON THE GOHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2016.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels.This week we will sta...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 18:51hrs | 2 | by teacher
Ambush at Lesoma, 35 BDF soldiers, 3 Zipra combatants ambushed
In the evening of 27th February 1978, a detachment of 35 BDF soldiers, 2 teenagers from Lesoma village and 2 or 3 ZIPRA combatants were ambushed by Smith's Rhodesian Soldiers at Lesoma sand ridge. 15 ...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 10:44hrs | 35 | by Boletilemang Gabokgatlhe
Plumtree-born author pens another masterpiece
Johannesburg - A Plumtree born and Johannesburg based female novelist - Sibonokuhke Moyo have bounced back with one of the top drawer in literary works, through her Ndebele short story anthology "Imvi...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 11:00hrs | | by Martin Blessedchild
Has Zimbabwe become a nation of jokers?
In African literary discourse, the centre is the locus-standi that bestows an identity, integrity and legitimation of one's perception of his or her environment. In other words, the centre is the spac...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
'Gukurahundi is a festering sore'
Rising Bulawayo-born writer-cum-playwright Christopher Mlalazi (CM), who is currently a writer in residence in Germany, has gained respect in Zimbabwe's competitive writing community largely because o...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Jeffrey Muvundusi
NoViolet Bulawayo: 5 things you should know
Zimbabwe boasts the rich historical sites of many prominent kingdoms and empires. Over the years, with the country having gained self-governance, Zimbabwe has produced influential and notable writers...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Vincent Odwako Anyanje
That awkward moment of reading through a Nathaniel Manheru 'short story'!
I have to be begin by issuing an apology to all dear readers of the online news publications that my first article of the year 2015 has to be of significant reference to one extremely funny character ...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Fbr. Mthokozisi Ndiweni
NoViolet's star continues to shine bright
NOVIOLET Bulawayo's star continues to shine bright as she has once again been nominated for another prestigious award for her book We Need New Names.The award, Etisalat Prize for Literature ...Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
NoViolet Bulawayo shortlisted for Guardian first book award 2013
The Booker-shortlisted novelist NoViolet Bulawayo is among five writers shortlisted for this year's Guardian first book award.Bulawayo's We Need New Names joins three other novels and one non-...Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Guardian
'Herbert Wants To Come Home'
UK-based Zimbabwean author Masimba Musodza has launched a serialised first edition of a new horror novel, Herbert Wants To Come Home. This is the story of the Mutsepe family who gather in August to co...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Masimba Musodza
Bulawayo up for another award
TRAILBLAZING Zimbabwean writer, NoViolet Bulawayo continues to shine on the international scene, as she has once again been nominated for the prestigious Book Man Long List award. The United ...Published: 25 Jul 2013 at 07:27hrs | | by Arts reporter
3 Zimbabweans on Africa's top 30 most inspirational people 2013
"We are always inspired by stories of young people doing remarkable work in their countries to facilitate development in the lives of people in their communities and throughout the continent. This...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Hunnar Management Agency
Who is Luthuli Dlamini, the Zimbabwean on SA's Generations?
"Acting may be a career, but the performance that counts is the one you give on the stage called life"As an actor I live my life to portray those of others, but every single role I play requi...Published: 26 Jun 2013 at 16:12hrs | 73 | by Luthuli Dlamini
Intwasa short story competition: Call for submissions
The Intwasa Short Story Competition continues to grow. The competition was inaugurated in the first year of the festival and is an annual literary event seeking to promote original creative writing t...Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 21:05hrs | | by Intwasa
10 stories shortlisted for Intwasa
A TOTAL of 10 short stories have been shortlisted for the Intwasa Short Story Competition (Yvonne Vera Award) with eight from Bulawayo and the remaining from Harare. This year there were 81 short sto...Published: 29 Aug 2012 at 04:29hrs | 1 | by Entertainment Reporter
A moment of madness
This short story was shortlisted for the 2011 Intwasa Arts Festival's Yvonne Vera Award.Unity Square lay directly below him, in its entire splend...Published: 13 Jun 2012 at 06:30hrs | | by Thamsanqa Ncube
Blame it all on the Gushungo totem
THE single resolution I made this year is to reclaim my individual liberty, because if one is not free, he or she cannot participate in the liberation of others. But why do I feel enslaved even after ...Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 08:01hrs | 7 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Book Review: A Woman Once a girl-Breaking Silence by Betty Makoni
The time to break silence is right here and now. Womanhood and motherhood are under attack!!!!A mother experienced violence, and her daughter, aged six, stood up and urged her to report. She s...Published: 25 Jan 2012 at 09:44hrs | | by -
USA 2011 Scholarship Sources
A ...Published: 14 Dec 2011 at 16:42hrs | | by Matthews Estell
My Story, My Life: Prophet Austin Mark Moses
...Published: 10 Sep 2011 at 08:23hrs | | by Prophet Austin Mark Moses [JP]
Zimbabwean, NoViolet Bulawayo's 'Hitting Budapest' takes the 12th Caine Prize
Zimbabwe's NoViolet Bulawayo has won the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Africa's leading literary award, for her short story entitled 'Hitting Budapest', from The Boston Review, ...Published: 12 Jul 2011 at 14:44hrs | 17 | by .
All-American hero renounces US citizenship
The All-American hero Superman has dealt a devastating blow to the country that adopted him when he arrived as a feeble alien immigrant from the planet Krypton in 1938: He has renounced his US citizen...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Bulawayo Writer Shortlisted for Prestigious Thomas Pringle Award
The first story the reader will come across in the ’amaBooks collection Long Time Coming: Short Writings from Zimbabwe is Sandisile Tshuma’s Arrested Development...Published: 14 Dec 2010 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by ByoNews
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